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George DeMaio Jr., better known to sports fans throughout the state as "The Coach", was born and raised in West Haven, CT. Coach attended West Haven High School, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. For his contribution to West Haven athletics, Coach was named Athlete of the Year in 1966. Coach proceeded on to Southern Connecticut State University where he helped found the University radio station.
He graduated from SCSU in 1970 and received his Masters Degree in 1977 from Southern as well. From 1970 to 1974, DeMaio taught fifth grade at Thompson School in West Haven. In 1983, while working for Southern New England Telephone, DeMaio was hired by KC101/WAVZ as their Sports Director.
It was here that DeMaio started his immense coverage of high school girls and boys athletics. "The Coach" has received numerous honors for his coverage of high school sports. Among them, honorary inductions into the Connecticut Scholastic and Collegiate Softball Hall of Fame in 1995, and The Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.  This year, he was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association for his work at North Haven and also received New Haven's Tap Off Club's Distinguished Service Award. 
Presently on News/Talk 960 WELI and ESPN Radio 1300, "The Coach" continues to give high school girls and boys the coverage he feels they deserve. He has orchestrated state-wide Friday night coverage of high school football in the fall on WELI for the past several years, including a radio record of all 41 scores of high school games on Thanksgiving Day 2004. The Coach hosts Saturday high school football games, on ESPN Radio 1300, as well. Since 1997 he has covered basketball and hockey on ESPN Radio 1300. Of course, 960WELI gets daily coverage of high school athletics by "The Coach" throughout the school year. "The Coach" was involved in East Haven Biddy Basketball from 1979 to 1999. He has been a Little League and softball umpire. He was involved in Team Connecticut Girls AAU basketball from 1994 to 2001, coaching two teams to the National Tournament.  He coached North Haven High School Girls Basketball as an assistant to his son Jeffrey for the last 10 years.
An eighth grade Social Studies teacher at East Haven Middle School, "The Coach" resides in North Branford with his wife Brenda. He has 2 sons, Matthew and his wife Debbie and their daughter Rebecca living in Old Saybrook, and Jeffrey, who lives in Wallingford with his wife Cory and sons Samuel and Nathan.
On September 27, 2007, "The Coach" was inducted into the New Haven Gridiron Club's Hall of Fame.  In March of 2008, he was honored by the Connecticut Association of Athletic Directors with the Distinguished Service Award - Outside the Field of Athletic Administration. 



Coach, here speaking to football coaches at the National Football Foundation meeting at the Knights of St. Patrick in New Haven.

Monday 11-19-2007 2:21pm ET
Monday 06-16-2008 9:42am ET





WELI Screen Tek Softball Players of the Year


Jasmine Ortiz
Career High School		Addie Sanders
Guilford High School

Monday 08-11-2008 4:29pm ET

Coach standing between the Rossetti brothers, Angelo left and Ettore right
the brothers set  the Guinness World Record of 25,944 consecutive strokes , the longest tennis rally in 14 hours and 31 minutes on August 9th at the North Haven Health and Racquet Club

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